Book-rack



(No Model.) T. GILFILLAN, .E. J. BONETT & A. W. FLANDERS Book Back.

No. 241,645. Patented May 17,11881.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS GILFILLAN, EDWIN J. BONETT, AND ALBERT W. FLANDERS, OF

BARNET, VERMONT.

BOOK-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,645, dated May 1'7,1881. Application filed J annary 7, 1881. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS GILFILLAN, EDWIN J BONETT, and ALBERT W.FLAN- DERS, all of Barnet, in the county of Caledonia and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Racks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side View of one of the sidesof the rack-frame. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the complete rackwith the shelves inserted. Fig. 3 is a plan of one of the shelvesdetached, and Fig. 4 represents the ban ger-roll detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention relates to portable book-racks; and it consists in theconstruction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described. andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, a a are the standards of the side frames,which are connected by two or more parallel cross-dowels, 0 c, forsupporting the detachable shelves.

- d d are cross-bars for preventing the books placed upon the shelvesfrom falling out at the sides. I

m is the hanger-roll, which is a bar of wood tenoned at both ends, asshown in Fig. 4, and inserted into holes in the side standards, a a.

k 70 are the shelves, which, as well as the hanger-r011 m, may be of anysuitable length, and are notched at each corner, as shown at r.

To put up the rack the sideframes, a a a a, are first connected by theban ger-roll m. Two screw-hooks are inserted into the wall a suitabledistance apart, and the roll suspended across these. If screw-eyes areused instead of hooks the rod or roll on should be inserted through theeyes first, after which the side frames are attached. The shelves arethen placed in position between the standards of the side frames,resting at both ends upon the dowels 0 c with the notches r r bearin gagainst the side standards, a a, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

By extending the front standards, a a, down to an even length with rearstandards, a a, the rack may, instead of bein g suspended, be placedupon the floor, desk, table, or other suitable support. 7

The notched shelves k, inserted into the. rack in the manner described,strengthen and brace the whole structure by binding the several parts ofthe frame firmly together.

To take the rack down for packing, lift out the shelves, take out thehanger rod or roll, when the whole structure will come apart and can bepacked eonvenientlyin a fiat box. We have found by actual experimentthat a rack of four shelves can be put together and hung up inforty-five seconds, and can be taken down ready for packing in fifteenseconds.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secnre byLetters Patent of the United States- The described portable book-rack,composed of two side frames consisting each of parallel standards a a,connected by the shelf dowels or supports 0 and cross-bars d, detachableconnecting-rod or hanger-roll m, and detachable shelves k, notched onopposite sides, as shown at r, a short distance from each corner, thewhole constructed and combined substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS GILFILLAN. EDWIN JOHNSON BONETT. ALBERT WELLINGTON FLANDERS.

Witnesses:

RALPH H. GILFILLAN, LYCURGUS H. GILFILLAN.

